Sunday, January 15, 2012

Postcards - Tulips Amsterdam.

Germany was a lovely country but everyone we came across was so rude. We stayed two nights with Doug and Frankie Campbell (Americans we met in Venice who are School Teachers for the U.S. Army kids in Beyreuth, we were really very well treated, Frankie is a beaut cook and the highlight of our stay was the making of ice-cream in an ice cream machine, the flavour was Peppermint, Marshmallow, and Chocolate all in one - the other ingredients 6 eggs, 1 1/2 cups of thick cream, milk, flour, 1 cup of Creme De Menthe, mashmallows and chocolate, Can you imagine the taste - it was loverley. D & F. were a very nice couple and we hope we'll meet up again someday.

Holland is lovely, all the daffodils are out and some tulips. Today we walked in the main part for a while, right in the centre of town there were the usual odd people one sees in all big cities but right in the middle surrounded by water were about 30 sheep....?

Only one week left of our trip and quiet frankly we'll be glad to get back to civilization, our taste of good living with D&F has made us hunger for more. We plan to stay in Holland for a few days, it's so beautiful... Did you know it is a whole series of canals just like Venice but cars go along the streets here whereas in Venice you can only walk or catch a boat.

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Click here for Photos we took of Sydney-1968

In the beginning.

This is a multi level love story, the love between Pennie and David, their love of a 1958 London Taxi, their love of the United Kingdom and the realization of our love of Australia, our home. We never thought about the love of our country, the country we were born in, the country of our roots... until we left it.

David and Pennie met in 1965 at ‘Wollogorang’ a sheep station just south of Goulburn, NSW. David was a Jackaroo and Pennie, who was working at the Homestead, is the Great niece of Nancy and John Watson owners of ‘Wollogorang’. We were ‘just good friends’ and along with a number of other friends we wanted to rock’n’roll and we wanted to see the world.Pennie went to Perth first, then Queensland, David went to New Zealand and then to England. This is the story of what happened after 22 months since meeting and more than eighty letters later.

‘Why don’t you come over and we’ll get married or something?‘

This was David’s proposal in early April 1968, he’d been living and working in Surrey and Sussex for a few months and wanted to start seeing England, Europe and the World and thought it would be much more fun if he had his best friend join him. Our parents were supportive so the rush was on for me to organize a flight, a passport, an International Drivers Licence and update the necessary inoculations

On the first of June, I ‘came over’ and we were married at Guildford Registry Office, Surrey on the 8th with seven guests none of whom I knew and I hadn’t seen David for 7 months.

What happened in 1968

. Vietnam War.. Students Riot in Paris.. Robert Kennedy shot.. Martin Luther King shot.. Kray Twins arrested.. Alec Rose, single handed 354 day trip around the world.. Black Power Salute seen on TV from Medal Ceremony at Olympic Games in Mexio.. London Bridge is sold to an American.. Aristotle Onassis and Jacqueline Kennedy marry.. Pope Paul VI bans contraceptive pill.. Dr Christian Barnard performs the first successful heart transplant.. Spain and Gibraltar border is closed.. Boeing 747 made its maiden flight.

Pop Culture in 1968

. The Beatles create Apple Records.. 'Hey Jude' first single on label.. The Musical 'Hair' opens in London.Movies. The Graduate. Guess Who's Coming to Dinner. Bonnie and Clyde. The Odd Couple. Planet of the ApesMusicians. The Beatles. The Rolling Stones. The Supremes

1969. Beatles give their final performance on the roof of Apple Records.. John Lennon and Yoko Ono conduct a Bed-In in Montreal.. Woodstock attracts more than 350,000 rock'n'roll fans.. Bell bottom jeans and tie-dyed shirts become part of fashion.. Sesame Street debuts.

1970. Paul McCartney announces that the Beatles have disbanded.. The Isle of Wight Festival takes place 600,000 people attend.. Jimi Hendrix dies of barbiturate overdose in London.. Janis Joplin dies of heroin overdose in a cheap motel.

About Me

Married to David, who I met at my Great Aunt and Uncle's property 'Wollogorang' 53 years ago. Four Wonderful Children - two girls and two boys, Four Fantastic Partners - three girls and one boy and Eight very very beautiful Grandchildren - five boys and three girls.